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August saw a memorial, a local holiday, an award and wildfires in the Smelter City
As the weather grew warmer, Anaconda-Deer Lodge County continued rolling through the year full-steam ahead, starting with the unveiling of the memorial of the four victims of the 2025 Owl Bar mass shooting: Nancy Lauretta Kelley, Tony Wayne Palm, David Allen Leach and Daniel Edwin Baillie. The memorial is located behind the Owl Bar. That same day, there was a grass fire in the middle of the stretch of land commonly known as the Opportunity Triangle between Highway 1 and Highway 48. August 1 On Aug. 1, the Owl Bar unveiled a memorial for the four victims of the…
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In June, Anaconda saw graduations and statue unveilings, as well as some major losses
In June, the presses stopped in Anaconda, but the town itself sure didn’t. The town saw two graduations, two statue unveilings, a peace pole dedication from the Anaconda Rotary Club, Anaconda Pride Festival, and a shooting at Carmel’s Bar where co-owner Shane Charles was killed. On June 5, it was a tale of two graduations, with the Anaconda Junior/Senior High School graduating class of 2026 and the class of 2040 graduating on the same day, the former from AJSHS, and the latter from Anaconda Head Start. June 5 The AJSHS class of 2026 throws up their caps in celebration at…
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